The Muted Response of Pharmaceutical Companies to the Establishment of the Unitary Patent Court

Attorney: Matthew Hampton
March 3, 2025

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is an international court set up by participating European Union Member States to deal with the infringement and validity of both Unitary Patents¹ and European patents. The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) entered into force on 1st June 2023 with the intention of obviating costly parallel patent litigation in the participating European Union Member States and thereby enhancing legal certainty for rights holders.<... Read more